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Austria’s artificial track slides achieved their second doubles victory at the opening of the World Cup in Igls on Sunday. After their triumph the day before, Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller also won the sprint. Andris Sics / Juris Sics (LAT) and Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA) came in second and third.
The Austrians had previously shown themselves. Madeleine Egle finished her first previous result in fifth place, 19-year-old Lisa Schulte achieved her personal best with sixth place.
The race turned into a German triumphal procession: Julia Taubitz, the outright winner of the previous season’s World Cup, won, her compatriots Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger finished second and third after the baby breaks.
The 22-year-old Egle, thirteenth overall in the World Cup in the previous two seasons, should still be a little upset despite the good result: after the first race, she fell back a bit in the second race and so Therefore, he missed the first jump to the podium. .
In the team relay, the hosts only had to admit defeat. Madeleine Egle, Jonas Müller and Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller finished second, just 0.030 seconds behind the victorious Germans.
Rodelweltcup in Igls
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